Ex Parte Ackerman et al - Page 1



         The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not         
         written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board          

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                    ___________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                    ___________                                     
                             Ex parte JOHN F. ACKERMAN,                             
                              VENKAT S. VENKATARAMANI,                              
                      IRENE T. SPITSBERG, BRETT A.R. BOUTWELL                       
                                and RAMGOPAL DAROLIA                                
                                   ____________                                     
                                Appeal No. 2006-2027                                
                             Application No. 10/735,370                             
                                   _____________                                    
                              DECIDED: AUGUST 24, 2006                              
                                   _____________                                    

         Before KIMLIN, PAK, and GAUDETTE, Administrative Patent Judges.            
         KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
              This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-7,             
         9-11, and 13-17.  Claim 1 is illustrative:                                 
              1.  A method for preparing a protected article, comprising            
         the steps of providing the article;                                        
              depositing a bond coat onto an exposed surface of the                 
         article; and                                                               
              producing a thermal barrier coating on an exposed surface             
         of the bond coat, wherein the step of producing the thermal                
         barrier coating includes the steps of                                      





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